Rat poison in the holes. The green cube stuff. One cube per hole. Controls problem for a few weeks. I have a patio that is being tunneled under, and fear it will eventually collapse. So I am not gentle with the little beasts. I started with the traps, which made everyone feel good, but just weren’t...

Rat poison in the holes. The green cube stuff. One cube per hole. Controls problem for a few weeks. I have a patio that is being tunneled under, and fear it will eventually collapse. So I am not gentle with the little beasts. I started with the traps, which made everyone feel good, but just weren’t...

Farnum is my new friend. I use a putty knife to cut the blocks into 1/4's. End of block, pushing down works best. Blocks disappear and so does the problem. I treat every 3 days. Much better than chipper dipper. Chipper dipper is a better solution than what you're doing at least there will be no acc...

Leave it to the boglehead forums to take a simple question and complicate it to the nth degree. First of all: you don't want a four wheel spinner. They are junk, and the wheels are garbage. Sorry, but I can't give you info about those, as I don't use them. I have, and would recommend, Eagle Creek. ...

OP, In my opinion, HCOL is the word that someone used to overspend on the house and be "House Poor". This word always shows up when someone wants to buy an expensive house. KlangFool Not always true. 699k for 2800 sqft is HCOL when the same houses could be had for 340k in another area. I've been in...

One thing you could consider asking for is outplacement services if you think you’ll need them. I wouldn’t try to “negotiate” for them - I would just ask politely in the form a question of whether they will be provided, because you don’t have any leverage. Often companies are happy to help their em...

The company I work for acquired by private equity firms last year and today I was laid off. Company size is ~$700M in revenue and my location was in the Northeast. I was at a Director level which is one level below VP (Business Unit Heads are SVPs). I worked for them for just shy of 3 years, perfor...

What supermarkets do you Boggleheads go to and do most of your grocery shopping. Do you believe in the Organic hype and only shop at Whole Foods or do you go to Trader Joes for the cheaper alternative? Looking at making a decision on what supermarket i should ultimately be shopping at. I believe th...

I have had great success with a Havahart trap. Trapped 15 chipmunks last year and three this year. None seen for over a month. However, you need to transport the little creatures to another location. Tried various chemicals-- none were effective. Chipmunks can do a lot of damage. Cats can also be v...

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/who-needs-harvard/ Pretty comprehensive review of my personal thoughts on the matter. IMO, the most pertinent statement: "The Gotta-Get-Ins can no longer claim to be the more or less exclusive gatekeepers to graduate school. Once, it was assumed that an elite-coll...

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/who-needs-harvard/ Pretty comprehensive review of my personal thoughts on the matter. IMO, the most pertinent statement: "The Gotta-Get-Ins can no longer claim to be the more or less exclusive gatekeepers to graduate school. Once, it was assumed that an elite-coll...

ve someone who went to Harvard College but can’t get into Harvard Law, plus someone who went to the University of Maryland and does get into Harvard Law,” Shirley Levin says. So 39% of the class comes from 8 schools and 61% comes from 2600 schools. I would say that is a pretty clear indication of h...

In 18 years, a college degree could cost $500,000. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/17/in-18-years-a-college-degree-could-cost-about-500000.html I wonder what the projections were 18 years ago. I wonder if they were close to $250,000-$300,000. Parents need to save a lot if they want to insulate their k...

Hello, Assumptions 1. my kids grow up to be average " students. 2. We are an upper middle class family when my kids apply for college (i.e. a few million dollar net worth). 3. Have some 529 balances. Say $75k each kid Do kids like these typically get any "free" money from colleges or any other orga...

The refund will be applied to the next statement balance that follows the date the refund was finalized to the account. You still need to pay the entire current statement that appears before the refund is credited. You will end up with a credit balance (a negative balance) for the later statement i...

My understanding is that the credit does not count toward your payment so you still have to pay $3,000. As others have said, it is best to call the credit card company. However, do you really trust the knowledge of the person that you talk to. You may want to ask them to make a note on your account...

The refund will be applied to the next statement balance that follows the date the refund was finalized to the account. You still need to pay the entire current statement that appears before the refund is credited. You will end up with a credit balance (a negative balance) for the later statement i...

My understanding is that the credit does not count toward your payment so you still have to pay $3,000. As others have said, it is best to call the credit card company. However, do you really trust the knowledge of the person that you talk to. You may want to ask them to make a note on your account...

For example, I bought a flight ticket for $1,500 last month and my total credit card balance is $3,000. I then cancelled the ticket and got a full refund. However, the refund was credited to my card account after last month statement closing date. So my statement balance was $3,000. My question, wi...

Take the error message and Google it. Likely others have had the same problem and the more reputable message boards will recommend a good fix. Probably something is out there on the Microsoft website as well.

Once a brand becomes "the latest and the greatest" the quality is sure to suffer. A recent example in my experience is Angel's Envy bourbon, which is aged in port wine barrels. I received a bottle as a gift a few years ago and found it to be a pleasant bourbon to drink neat. According to my local l...

Doing interior painting for our single family home starting next week, yet to buy the paint. Decided to go with Sherwin Williams brand. Just checked the website and found there is a 30% sale going on, I need to stop by at the store tomorrow and check. Do they have usually all colors available in th...

Once a brand becomes "the latest and the greatest" the quality is sure to suffer. A recent example in my experience is Angel's Envy bourbon, which is aged in port wine barrels. I received a bottle as a gift a few years ago and found it to be a pleasant bourbon to drink neat. According to my local l...

I’ve been comparing: Gordon’s Gin to Blue Sapphire Evan Williams Bourbon to Maker’s Mark Smirnoff Vodka to Grey Goose Kirkland Canadian Whiskey to Crowne Royale Kirkland Cognac to Remy Martin In most of these examples a half gallon is the same price as a fifth of the more expensive liquor. They are...

When I bought a new car a couple of years ago, I was in the "Exceptional Price" category when I looked up my purchase price on TrueCar. That was done by just emailing all dealers within a 3 hour drive radius and picking the lowest. I won't go in the door unless they start at the exceptional price.

I'm currently debating on whether to start looking for my next job. My current MegaCorp has been having financial issues for the past 2-3 years that just don't seem to be going away and the board of directors are not voting to replace the C-level managers (all of whom need to go in my opinion). Tha...

Thank you all for the valuable information. My DW is better; she sustained some injuries and she is better physically but not normal;. Mentally she is still suffering and is not willing to drive yet. She seems to have some memory loss and will take a cognitive test at a Neurologist that has already...

OK, thanks guys, but is there a limit to how many years would be too many years, even for a reasonable person? Like if you heard that someone was wearing ten-year-old underwear, would that sound weird? Not that that's me. I'm just curious. 8-) Average age of mine(hanes comfort band) is at least 6 y...

You will be very underwhelmed by any of the battery trimmers. Go with a 4 cycle gas model. Your use case does not fit the profile of where a battery/re-chargeable trimmer is best for. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-4-Cycle-30cc-Attachment-Capable-Straight-Shaft-Gas-Trimmer-RY4CSS/300339341 Do th...

What other issues or questions should be concerned with? They are working with an eldercare attorney to update their will, so it has a higher probability of covering most contingencies than many. The #1 question I would ask is whether they've set up EVERYTHING possible as BOD/TOD/POD. IMO, the Will...

Not everyone in corporate america is a high performer - that's just the way it is. I'm actually a bit concerned that as a new manager, you just want to fire the person, versus adapt your approach. I'm a relatively new manager with a few difficult employees and encountered the similar situations as ...

It would be helpful to provide some context into the type of position. Is this a knowledge worker role (it sounds like it is)? To what extent are you paying this employee to think independently? For example, in my industry, older engineers tend to be more conservative and come off as less enthusias...

Following as I am a relatively new manager (7 months) and am dealing with an employee who questions my requests. Today, I asked her to do something and her response was: "I just got two urgent contracts if they need attention in the next two weeks I probably wont be able to manage this " I can't im...

I would never for a single day be without high quality medical insurance. Even if you returned and signed up for an ACA policy, you don't know if the best institutions for cancer for example are in the network and it is not like you get accepted the day you apply. I've been on an ACA plan and I can...

I've seen a number of this type of post lately. None have yet matched my situation closely, so here goes. I'm struggling with a "should I change jobs" question. Here's the high level view. Start with the good things about current job: Pay is ludicrously good. Party due to being good at my job, part...

I’ve read all replies with great interest as I have thought about the same sort of project myself for a number of years (8 or 10 years or so), my time and energy being the constraints. I started using Excel in my engineering work around 1992 and, for me, a good way to learn how to use the program w...

Why do you want to do this? I have done conversions like this in the past. It is rarely an automatic win. I would recomend turning the sections you want to import into tables. Then there is a import tool in Access that will pull these tables from Excel in Access. I would treat these as staging tabl...

I have had this card for a few years. Planned on closing the account after the first year, but I ended up keeping it. I lost my status on United and I fly United enough (5 or 6 times/yr) that the Zone 2 boarding perk alone is worth it for me. If you're not flying United that much, it's not very use...

I'm currently shopping for a home owners policy--never had one before. What do I actually need--and how much coverage is appropriate? The house isn't in an earthquake, flood, wild fire, mudslide, hurricane, etc. area. For reference, the purchase price is $469k for a 1500 sqft 2story colonial built ...

https://www.cheapcaribbean.com/ Looking to book an all-inclusive vacation for 2 for 6 nights. Currently down-selected to El Dorado Seaside Suites. On their website it is around $3300 for us both, including food/drinks, and then about $500/ea for non-stop flights. Wanted to shop prices a bit and fou...